Nick
Reeder called the special meeting to order at 9:58 am in Blair Hall.Tom Singer made the following motion: “Voting
on amendments to the Faculty Assembly’s Constitution and Bylaws shall be
conducted online.”The motion was seconded and ballots that had been distributed earlier
at the Fall Faculty Professional Development Day registration table were
collected as faculty left the meeting.The motion passed: 275 for, 2 against.

The full
text of the proposal follows:

Proposal: That
Faculty Assembly amend Article IX of the Assembly’s
constitution as follows:

In
Section 1, by adding “Voting on amendments shall
be conducted online.”

In
Section 2, by adding “Voting on amendments shall
be conducted online.”

Current Wording

Section 1The
Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Assembly
membership, provided that a copy of the proposed amendment has been submitted
to each member of the Assembly no less than thirty days prior to a meeting at
which it will be discussed; the proposed amendment shall be voted upon within
thirty days subsequent to said discussion.

Section 2The
Bylaws of this Constitution may be amended at any meeting of the Assembly by a
two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Assembly membership, provided that a copy of the
proposed amendment has been submitted to each member of the Assembly no less
than thirty days prior to the meeting.

Proposed Wording

Section 1The
Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Assembly
membership, provided that a copy of the proposed amendment has been submitted
to each member of the Assembly no less than thirty days prior to a meeting at
which it will be discussed; the proposed amendment shall be voted upon within thirty
days subsequent to said discussion.Voting on
amendments shall be conducted online.

Section 2The
Bylaws of this Constitution may be amended at any meeting of the Assembly by a
two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Assembly membership, provided that a copy of the
proposed amendment has been submitted to each member of the Assembly no less
than thirty days prior to the meeting. Voting
on amendments shall be conducted online.

Rationale:Online voting will allow for greater participation by
Assembly members than the current practice of voting in Assembly meetings.